CETA Tech Safety Guides

The Clinic to End Tech Abuse (CETA) is a clinic run by Cornell University that provides direct services to survivors of tech-facilitated abuse in New York City and conducts research on security and privacy issues in gender-based violence. CETA publishes thorough, step-by-step guides for survivors and advocates to follow when attempting to secure common devices and acccounts. Each guide identifies important settings to review that may allow an unauthorized person to access information about the survivor, such as privacy settings, location tracking features, and account log-ins.

These guides are not a stand-in for comprehensive safety planning and may not be fully up-to-date; if a guide does not seem accurate, always refer back to platform-owned guidance on how to complete a task. Always remember that an abusive person may be notified if settings are changed which may lead to an escalation of stalking or abusive behaviors.